Google CEO Sundar Pichai in a company mail has tasked employees to spend two or four hours of their time on “Bard”, the company’s AI Chatbot to improve its efficiency.
He reminded employees that Google has not always been the first to launch a product, but that hasn’t affected its ability to win.
He wrote, “I know this moment is uncomfortably exciting, and that’s to be expected. The underlying technology is evolving rapidly with so much potential. Some of our most successful products were not first to market. They gained momentum because they solved important users’ needs and were built on deep technical insights. The most important thing we can do right now is to focus on building a great product and developing it responsibly”.
Pichai further disclosed that Google has thousands of internal and external people who are constantly working on the Chatbot to ensure quality and efficiency in real-world information. He further urged employees to channel their energy and excitement to Bard to make it better.
Investors King understands that recently, Google’s vice president for search Prabhakar Raghavan via an email on Wednesday urged employees to rewrite Bard’s responses to ensure it gets answers right. Employees are encouraged to rewrite answers on topics they understand well.
He wrote, “Bard learns best by example, so taking time to rewrite a response thoughtfully will go a long way in helping us to improve the mode. This is an exciting technology, but still in its early days. We feel a great responsibility to get it right, and your participation in the dog food will help accelerate the model’s training and test its load capacity”.
Google is painstakingly working hard to ensure the efficiency and effectiveness of its chatbot, after the company shares earlier this month, plunged by 8% which is reported to have wiped out $100 million from the company’s valuation after “Bard” answered a question incorrectly.
The incorrect response given by Bard stirred up mixed reactions, which saw analysts say that the tech giant has been caught off-guard by other competitors which can negatively impact its AI chatbot.